Eggs poached in a flavorful, tomato-based simmer sauce is found in many cuisines around the globe. My recipe has a California flavor — adding fresh cilantro, tangy green chilis, and creamy avocado to keep it west coast. Suitable for dinner, lunch, or breakfast, this fast tangy/creamy dish wins for taste, nutrition, and frugality. Make ahead…
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Beef Braised with Tomatoes
When the days shorten and nights lengthen, my attention turns to braises. Deeply flavored and nutritionally dense, tomatoes and beef are a happy combination in this easy to make dish. Beef Braised with Tomatoes is my go-to recipe when I want a savory slow braised boneless chuck roast. The holy trinity of tomatoes, onions, and…
Lemon Thyme Pesto on tomatoes
Lemon thyme grows beautifully in my garden — a charming, vigorous herb that smells like a cross between fresh squeezed lemon rind and mellow thyme. It makes a bright, delicious pesto, ideal on fresh tomatoes. I had a bounty of tomatoes from my CSA box and wanted a new way to highlight their sweet flavors. …
Spicy Tomato Chicken
Ready for a super easy but mysteriously delicious chicken dish? This is the one. After I made it, I was discussing how simple it was with my college age son. We agreed that this is definitely a dish that a less experienced (aka college student) chef can master. You can set the spice level to…
Creamy Spicy Chickpeas
This is a fast, tasty, inexpensive, vegan, gluten-free, nutritious, make-ahead main dish that’s straight from the pantry for the most part. It’s one of those dishes that I almost always have ingredients for. But I make it mostly because it tastes so good. I happen to have some lovely cilantro that’s gone to seed in…
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